Athletics at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Women's shot put explained

Event:	Women's shot put
Games:	1992 Summer
Dates:	(qualifications) (finals)
Venues:	Estadi Olínpic de Montjuïc
Competitors:	18
Nations:	11
Win Label:	Winning distance
Win Value:	21.06
Longnames:	yes
Gold:	Svetlana Krivelyova
Goldnoc:	EUN
Silver:	Huang Zhihong
Silvernoc:	CHN
Bronze:	Kathrin Neimke
Bronzenoc:	GER
Prev:	1988
Next:	1996

These are the official results of the women's shot put event at the 1992 Summer Olympics, held on 5 August 1992, at the Olympic Stadium in Barcelona, Spain. There were a total number of 18 participating athletes. The top 12 and ties and all those reaching 18.50 metres advanced to the final.^[1]

Abbreviations

Q	automatic qualification
q	qualification by rank
DNS	did not start
NM	no mark
OR	olympic record
WR	world record
AR	area record
NR	national record
PB	personal best
SB	season best

Records

Standing records prior to the 1992 Summer Olympics
		22.63 m	7 July 1987
		22.41 m	24 July 1980

Qualification

Group A

Rank	Overall	Athlete	Attempts			Distance	Note
			1	2	3
1	2		19.58	-	-	19.58 m
2	3		19.21	-	-	19.21 m
3	7		17.98	18.63	-	18.63 m
4	8		18.49	18.58	-	18.58 m
5	11		16.53	18.02	17.89	18.02 m
6	12		X	X	17.39	17.39 m
7	14		X	15.92	16.53	16.53 m
8	15		X	16.46	15.46	16.46 m
9	16		15.14	15.15	15.33	15.33 m

Group B

Rank	Overall	Athlete	Attempts			Distance	Note
			1	2	3
1	1		19.98	-	-	19.98 m
2	4		19.13	-	-	19.13 m
3	5		18.93	-	-	18.93 m
4	6		18.33	18.36	18.72	18.72 m
5	9		17.51	18.04	18.30	18.30 m
6	10		18.07	X	18.17	18.17 m
7	13		X	16.82	16.64	16.82 m
8	17		14.42	14.38	14.69	14.69 m
-	-					16.68 m	DSQ

Final

Rank	Athlete	Attempts						Distance	Note
		1	2	3	4	5	6
		20.34	20.09	X	19.99	20.89	21.06	21.06 m
		20.25	20.19	20.47	X	20.11	20.44	20.47 m
		19.61	18.56	19.56	19.22	X	19.78	19.78 m
4		18.78	19.70	X	X	18.69	18.75	19.70 m
5		19.11	18.66	18.64	19.26	18.34	18.57	19.26 m
6		19.23	X	X	19.09	19.21	19.19	19.23 m
7		17.58	19.10	19.08	X	18.96	18.43	19.10 m
8		18.69	X	X	X	18.61	X	18.69 m
9		18.60	X	X				18.60 m
10		17.61	17.89	18.29				18.29 m
11		18.24	18.04	17.21				18.24 m
12		17.56	17.81	X				17.81 m

See also

• 1988 Women's Olympic Shot Put (Seoul)
• 1990 Women's European Championships Shot Put (Split)
• 1993 Women's World Championships Shot Put (Stuttgart)
• 1994 Women's European Championships Shot Put (Helsinki)

External links

• Official Report
• Results

Notes and References

1. Web site: Athletics at the 1992 Barcelona Summer Games: Women's Shot Put . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417175419/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1992/ATH/womens-shot-put.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . 8 January 2018 . sports-reference.com.